The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue

SmokinP · Apr 13, 2012

From the Kasbah in Tunis to Tahrir Square in Cairo, from inside Madrid's Puerta del Sol to outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, from Wall Street in New York to main street just about anywhere ... we are living in a new age of protest. But dissent is not always about the masses. Sometimes, it is a singular and solitary struggle.

This two-part series follows the 25-year peace vigil of three very persistent individuals in front of the White House and reveals how the bizarre act of one man, labelled the 'first domestic terrorist' in the US, brought them together.

Neighbours to five sitting US presidents, these tenacious protesters - Thomas, Ellen and Connie - endured police brutality, vicious weather, Supreme Court battles, and their own internal struggles in order to maintain one of the longest-standing protests against nuclear weapons and US foreign policy ever staged in America.
The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue tells the story of these three insanely persistent individuals and of their unique political and cultural resonance.

The film also asks just what goes into making a person who will set aside societal expectations of 'sucess' and living the 'good life', in favour of a 25-year, 24/7 street vigil to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue - Al Jazeera World - Al Jazeera English

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrosoxjIm0]Al Jazeera World - The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue - Part One - YouTube[/ame]

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